Rally Portugal - 3rd Day - 1st Loop: Solberg jumps to first overall as Ogier and Neuville lost their places

At the end of Saturday morning, Oliver Solberg is the new rally leader in Portugal with Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville following him.

Oliver Solberg climbs the order at the end of Saturday morning as he gained three places in Stage 4 and moving up from fourth to first overall by setting the fastest time in SS13 and SS14.

Sebastien Ogier comes right behind his teammate for five tenths of a second and his lead disappeared in Stage 14 due to the rainy conditions.

Thierry Neuville ended the Saturday morning loop in third position overall and lost some seconds in Stage 11 as he had a stall. In fact, he was just 1,7 seconds behind Ogier at the end of SS11, but the last one responded and increased his lead on the next two stages.

Sami Pajari dropped from third to fourth overall and was the fastest driver in Stage 11. However, he is 5,5 seconds behind Neuville with four stages remaining until the end of the penultimate day.

Elfyn Evans keeps his fifth position and managed to increase his margin from the sixth Adrien Fourmaux who set the fastest time in Stage 12 and reported a potential problem with the throttle at the end of SS13.

Takamoto Katsuta is still in seventh position overall and could not match the frontrunners' pace.

Dani Sordo, Josh McErlean and Jon Armstrong complete the top ten.

Sordo lost many seconds in Stage 14 as his i20N carried a transmission issue towards the end of SS14.

Armstorng touched a bank in Stage 11 while he completed Stage 12 with a front bumper damage.

Martins Seks is at the bottom of the overall classification as he sits in eleventh position overall and was the driver who started first on the road this morning.

Watch below the stage times:

Watch below the overall classification after Stage 14:

Photo Credits: Toyota